Dr Simington is the owner of Taking Flight International Corporation and developer of both the Trauma Recovery Certification Program and the Grief Support Program. She combines her nursing and psychology background in her practice. More information was presented earlier on this site and can be found at: http://www.takingflightinternational.com

Nessa Lear is a Holistic Health Nurse, Reiki Master, Intuitive, Shaman, and Medicine Woman who created the Fifth Gate. More information was presented earlier on this site and can be found at: http://www.thefifthgate.com

Laura Benko is a feng shui expert who has appeared on Martha Stewart Living radio and the Nate Berkus show. More information was presented earlier on this site and can be fund at: http://www.LauraBenko.com

Dr. Jane A. Simington, PhD, R.N., is the owner of Taking Flight International Corporation and the developer of both the Trauma Recovery Certification Program and the Grief Support Certification Program. As a therapist and professor, she combines her professional background in both Nursing and Psychology, with her own experiences of grief, trauma, growth and transformation, along with an extensive knowledge of energy-transfer-healing, dream interpretation, art and guided imagery, to help and heal people of both genders, across the life span, and across cultures.

Dr. Simington is a much sought-after keynote presenter, focusing on her research and clinical interests in change and transition, dying, grief and trauma, holistic health, personal empowerment, spiritual well-being and team building with spirit. Jane is committed to giving powerful and impactful presentations, leave her audiences feeling inspired and with a solid take- away message to put into immediate action.

Jane’s work is featured in her internationally sold books, Journey to the Sacred: Mending a Fractured Soul, and Setting the Captive Free, the booklet, Responding Soul to Soul, the award winning films, Listening to Soul Pain and Healing Soul Pain and on the CD’s, Journey to Healing and Transformation, Releasing Ties, Shielded With Light, Cloaked in Joy, and Retrieving Lost Soul Parts.

In 2011, Dr Simington was honored by Global Television, as A Woman of Vision; by the YWCA, as a Woman of Distinction, and by The Canadian Nurse as the “Nurse to Know.” More information is available at: http://www.takingflightinternational.com

Nessa Lear RN BSN MA DCN is a Medicine woman, Holistic Nurse Consultant, Reiki Master, Intuitive Counselor, Spiritual Healer, Sound Healer, Biodynamic Breathwork Practitioner, and Shaman. . Nessa holds degrees in Nursing and in Integrative Medicine. She has a private healing practice and offers workshops on meditation, breath work, spiritual direction, and health and healing. During her years of nursing practice she began intensive study with Master healers. Over the years, Nessa has earned five professional healing certifications in advanced energy medicine, sound healing, spiritual healing, and breath work, and is an ordained minister of the Oklevueha Native American Church of San Pete.

Born with intuitive, empathic, and psychic sensitivities, Nessa has spent over thirty years discovering what these gifts mean and how to use them. Drawing on her expertise from both conventional and holistic modalities, she serves her clients with a commitment to integrating the best of both worlds.

Nessa has created The Fifth Gate, using her expertise to compliment the mystery-wisdom traditions she has received. Her commitment is to serve her client’s for their own highest good. Nessa is masterful at recognizing where her clients are holding onto elements that no longer serve and facilitating their release. This is true for physical dis-ease as well as emotional discord and ancestral conditions. More information is available at: http://www.TheFifthGate.com

Laura Benko has a BA in Communication from William Patterson University and been working as a Feng Shui consultant for the past ten years. She has trained and mentored with many world-renowned Feng Shui masters, is a Red Ribbon member of the International Feng Shui Guild and is the Feng Shui Correspondent and Home Expert for the weekly television show, Live It Up!

Laura appears every Friday morning on the magazine-style, inspirational show Live It Up! (WLNY Channel 10/55) delivering Feng Shui segments in a clear, concise and compelling manner. In its fourth season and soon to be syndicated, Laura’s segments are the viewers’ favorites and have received an enormous amount of positive feedback.

Laura has Feng Shui’d everything from the largest private residence in Manhattan to a trailer in the Florida Keys. She contributes to several home and decorating magazines, has been featured on Martha Stewart Living Radio, The Nate Berkus Show and has lectured around the country. In the spring of 2012 Laura will be teaching Feng Shui and Interior Design and Feng Shui and Architecture at Pratt in New York City. More information is available at: http://www.BenkoFengShui.com